Preparation

This tea was always tough to find in US. First of all, harvests are very limited (leaves gathered and rolled by hand, can only make so much). Secondly, it’s seasonal, best Song Yang is gathered in early spring and appears in stores world wide about a month later… check around April-May in US, that’s when they usually have it…

I order these from Adagio by case and they end up being around $1.50 per bottle. To me, it doesn’t get any better than this when it comes to grabbing a bottle on my way out the door.

Sugar-free, antioxidant-rich, mild-flavored beverage! Don’t expect it to taste sweet, it doesn’t. Just a simple white-tea flavor. Certainly beats a bottle of spring water (at least I know what I’m paying for!) for taste. And beats the pants off sodas or “vitamin water” (loaded with sugar and sodium) for health benefits!

And I love this ingredient list: “White tea. Water”. That’s all I need, thank you!

Silver Needle maybe the ultimate beverage… or at least the ultimate cup of tea!

Tea brews to a beautiful golden color, will brown slightly if steeped longer.
Flavor is delicate, slightly leafy (barely detectable), with mildly sweet aftertaste. This tea is known to be high in antioxidants and relatively low in caffeine (confirmed by a caffeine-strip test).

Leafs are 100% unbroken, so this tea will never turn bitter, even if over-steeped. You can create a stronger, grassier, sweeter cup by steeping double amount of tea for 6-8 minutes in 180F degree water.